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Concept: Barren Icelandic lava flows in the eunishabitats vocabulary
| Concept URI | http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/H6.241 |
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| Preferred label | Barren Icelandic lava flows |
| Definition | Lava flows, fields, dykes, necks, domes, cones of Iceland devoid of vegetation or sparsely vegetated by algae, lichens and mosses, which constitute the first stage of colonisation, with covers of up to 20-40%. The main constituents of the vegetation are the lichens [Stereocaulon vesubianum], [Stereocaulon alpinum], [Stereocaulon arcticum], [Alectoria ochroleuca], [Cladonia pyxidata], [Lecidea] spp., [Lecanora] spp. and the mosses [Grimmia] spp., [Andreaea rupestris], [Andreaea obovata], [Racomitrium canescens], [Polytrichum] spp. accompanied by a very few vascular plants, including [Festuca richardsonii], [Thymus praecox ssp. arcticus], [Poa subcaerulea]. |
| Notation | H6.241 |
| Status | Valid |
| Status Modified | 2014-01-31 |
| Accepted Date | 2014-01-31 |
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